The deputy first minister has told the SNP conference that Scotland “will not be the UK’s nuclear playground”.

On Monday, Kate Forbes stood firm on the party’s longstanding opposition to nuclear energy.

She called the UK Labour Government’s push toward nuclear “bewildering” in the face of Scotland’s growing renewable energy market.

“We’re leading the world in innovation, technology, and commercialisation of renewable energy,” Forbes said.

“That’s why it is so bewildering that the UK Government would rather focus on the distraction of new nuclear rather than on Scotland’s renewable potential.”

In September, the UK and United States signed major deals to speed up the building of new nuclear power stations.

UK energy secretary Ed Miliband said it would kickstart a “golden age” of nuclea

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